Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
CrPC Section 427 in BNSS
§ 427 CrPC→§ 467 BNSS
Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence. Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Sentence on offender already sentenced for another offence) corresponds to Section 467 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Verify before you rely on this. Renumbering under the 2023 codes is not a clean one-to-one exercise — provisions were merged, split and reworded. Always check the printed bare act.
Sections either side of it
How the neighbouring provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 were renumbered:
| CrPC | Provision | BNSS |
|---|---|---|
| 406 | Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals | 447 |
| 407 | Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals | 448 |
| 408 | Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals | 449 |
| 432 | Power to suspend or remit sentences | 473 |
| 433 | Power to commute sentence | 474 |
| 436 | In what cases bail to be taken | 478 |
Practise it
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